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Pat McCrory Issues State of Emergency

Posted by Staff | Jan 21, 2016 | Safety, Weather

Governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency in anticipation of the winter storm that is expected to hit late Thursday night. “As you know with weather there are certain predictions of weather but you never know what...

UNC Suffers Power Outage

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 20, 2016 | Featured, Safety

Several buildings on the UNC campus were experiencing power outages on Wednesday evening. Two remain without power, Dey Hall and Wilson Library, according to an Alert Carolina message sent out by the university. The message says...

North Carolina Considering New Biking Regulations

Posted by Staff | Jan 20, 2016 | Safety

The Department of Transportation has made recommendations in an attempt to improve bike safety in the state. Back in June of 2015 the General Assembly passed a bill charging the DOT to look at bike laws and to make...

Power Restored in Orange and Durham Counties

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 20, 2016 | Featured, Safety

Power has been restored to portions of Orange and Durham Counties that were without power earlier Wednesday. The Duke Energy power outage map is showing all of the reported outages have been restored. At the peak, more than...

Two Chatham County Roads Closed Due to Sinkholes

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 20, 2016 | Safety, Traffic

Chatham County officials are working with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to fix multiple sinkholes that have developed this week. A section of Jones Ferry Road in the northern portion of the county is closed due...

Orange County Law Enforcement Investigating Efland Death

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 18, 2016 | Featured, Safety

This story was updated with additional information Tuesday morning. Members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a death in Efland, authorities confirmed Monday afternoon. Orange County Sheriff Charles...

Bishop Arnold Harris Preaches Hope For Durham

Posted by Blake Hodge | Jan 7, 2016 | Crime, News, Safety

Bishop Arnold Harris’ son, 33-year-old Santonio Rochelle, was shot and killed in Durham on November 7. Harris says he runs a ministry in the area of Durham that has been most-heavily impacted by fatal shootings in recent years,...

Two Shootings Occur In Durham Wednesday Night

Posted by Staff | Jan 7, 2016 | Crime, Safety

Durham Police said two were injured in two separate shootings, that took place nearly an hour apart Wednesday night. The first shooting happened at a basketball court at 1126 South Hoover Road around 9 p.m. A 17-year-old male...

‘Booze It & Lose It’ Results In Thousands Of DWI Charges

Posted by Staff | Jan 7, 2016 | Crime, Featured, Safety

The NC Governor’s Highway Safety Program just finished up their holiday “Booze it & Lose it” campaign, which ran from December 11, 2015 to January 3, 2016. “It is our goal to reach zero fatalities on our...

President Obama Discusses Chapel Hill In Gun Address

Posted by Staff | Jan 5, 2016 | Featured, National, Safety

A tearful President Obama issued an executive order to expand background checks before purchasing a firearm in a speech given at the White House on Tuesday. “Anyone in the business of selling firearms must have a license...

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